PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jason Maher (ranked 5822 p4p, 244 weight class) and Quân Lê (ranked 3586 p4p, 162 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Maher
vs
Lê

165 cm
33
145 lbs
4 - 11 - 0

168 cm
21
145 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jason Maher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Quân Lê!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maher with a poor takedown
and Lê counters with a nice low kick that buckles Maher's knee momentarily.
Maher takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Maher takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lê lands a jab to the head.
A punch lands to the side of Maher 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Maher misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lê cracks a nice hook into Maher's ribs.
Lê fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Maher looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Lê has managed to clinch.
Lê lands with a left to the head.
Lê scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short body shot lands from Lê as the two fighters clinch.
Lê lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maher backwards.
Still in the clinch, Lê scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lê scores with a shot to the side of Maher's head.
Lê lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maher backwards.

Maher is rocked!
Lê pushes Maher back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Maher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A hook to the body from Lê.
Maher is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Lê.
Lê scores with a nice hook to the head.
Oh Maher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lê pushes Maher back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Lê on the inside.
Lê lands a hook that snaps the head of Maher backwards.
Maher tries a knee to the head but Lê blocks it.
We've been hearing reports that Maher has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Lê gets through Maher's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lê creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Maher with a big uppercut! Maher tries to clinch up but Lê pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Maher to the mat! Maher covers up and Lê unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Quân Lê!